Host of the last Candiani Groove event is the Swiss-based group that fuses Indonesian music, Indian and Persian culture. Khayal, which means ‘imagination’ in Arabic, is one of the main forms of Indonesian classical music, a thousand-year-old tradition in which expressiveness has no limits. A multi-ethnic project where different worlds meet to create a universal language: on the borders of Tunisia, southern India, Spain, world music and jazz. This formation accommodates four different artistic and human sensitivities, capable of merging into a single musical body. Amine Mraihi is considered the contemporary voice and face of Arab music and a universal symbol of interculture. Raphaelle Brochet’s endless journey in the world of performing arts has led her to become a multifaceted artist. After debuting at the age of 17 with Floris Nico-Bunink and studying jazz at French conservatories, she spent a year in Montreal and another in New York, before moving to southern India for more than 20 years. Baiju Bhatt discovered the violin at the age of six and completed classical music studies at the Lausanne Conservatory until the age of 20. Shayan Fathi, born in Tehran, started playing drums/percussion at the age of 10 in Austria, where he soon became an important figure in the music scene.
